English Poetry English Poetry Reading No.4 Middle School of Huining Lu Jianling A Garden of Poems

Li BaiDu FuWang Wei

Words and expressions: play with 玩耍, 熟练运用 grammar 语法 call up 召唤，使人想起，调动 ( 力量、人员等 ) stand out 远远超过某人 ( 物 ) glory 光荣 ; 荣誉 ; 荣耀的事 ; 壮丽 sonnet 十四行诗 John Donne 约翰. 多恩 John Milton 约翰. 弥尔顿 absence 不在 ; 缺席 ; 缺乏 Alexander Pope 亚历山大. 蒲柏 William Wordsworth 威廉. 华兹华斯

district 地区, 区域 the Lake District ( 英格兰西北部的 ) 湖区 isle ( 用于诗歌或地名 ) 岛 atmosphere 气氛, 情绪, 大气, 大气层 introduction 序言, 介绍, 引进 translate 翻译 translation 翻译, 译文 embrace 拥抱 light up 照亮 come into being 形成, 产生 Words and expressions:

Read the text quickly, then fill in the blanks according to the text. 1.Modern English started from about the end of the ______ century. 2.The poetry of John Donne reminds Chinese readers of the poems by __________. 3. Byron’s Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of ______ poetry. 4. _____ and________ translated English poetry into Chinese between 1910 and the late 1930s. 16th Su Dongpo nature Lu Xun Guo Moruo

Para. 1 More than any other form of literature, poetry plays with _____, ____ and ______. That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read. Poetry also calls up all the ____, _____ and _____ _____of a dream world. soundswords grammar colorsfeelings curious images Fill in the blanks according to the text. the ___ of poetry. A. places B. times C. history D. features D topic:

Para. 2 The form of Chinese poems is very important: the number of ____ and ________ in each line. Poetry often follows special patterns of _____ and _____. linescharacters rhythm rhyme topic: the features of Chinese poetry

Para. 3 Time TimeCharacteristic Poets Poets sonnet sonnetShakespeare 17th 17th century century the use of the use of surprising surprising images images 18th 18th century century the end of the 16th century John Donne, John Milton AlexanderPope

Paras th century romantic poems & long poems nature poems Modernpoets stand close to us both in the language & the images they use John Keats Wordsworth G. Gordon Byron the American poet Robert Frost

Para Lu Xun Guo Moruo the introduction of English poetry to China when?

Para give us more ______ 1. give us more ______ 2. without losing the ____ of the original work. 2. without losing the ____ of the original work. 3. find new ways of _________ yourself 3. find new ways of _________ yourself 4. understand ____ ____ _____. 4. understand ____ ____ _____. Topic: choice spirit expressing each other better Translation or not?

Quietly, we embrace In a world lit up by words Our life is like the night. The words in poetry are like lamps, and we can communicate with other people that we would not have seen in the dark by the light of the lamps.

Listen to the whole text, then retell the text: Poetry has its own features: it plays with __, __and__, and calls up all the __, __, __ and __ of a dream world. So is Chinese poetry. The form is very important: the number of__ and __ in each line, special patterns of __ and __. English poetry has different poets in different times. Such as __ at the end the 16th century, __ and__in the17th century, __ in the 18th century, __, __and ___in the 19th century. ____ in the 20th century. English poetry and poets are bridges between ____ and _____. Poetry has its own features: it plays with __, __and__, and calls up all the __, __, __ and __ of a dream world. So is Chinese poetry. The form is very important: the number of__ and __ in each line, special patterns of __ and __. English poetry has different poets in different times. Such as __ at the end the 16th century, __ and__in the17th century, __ in the 18th century, __, __and ___in the 19th century. ____ in the 20th century. English poetry and poets are bridges between ____ and _____.

 Poetry is quite difficult to write and boring to read.  The number of lines and characters in each line is quite important for poems as well as rhythm and rhyme.  William Shakespeare is only famous for his plays.  Romantic poems and nature poems are two styles of English poems.  Translating poems into other languages can not only help people to read more but also understand it without losing any spirit. True or False (F) (T) (F) (T) (F)

Timeline of Great Poets (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Shakespeare John Donne John Milton Alexander Pope Byron John Keats William Wordsworth Robert Frost

Homework: writing Write something about the development of English poetry according to the text.